The Islander
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2015-12-18
issued: 1914-02-14
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/cumberlandis/items/1.0068545/source.json
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note: -J-i-U ( m \*\*\Saa \e\\x*sj THE ISLANDER Largest Circulation in the Comox District. VOL. IV., No. 48 eAfMSp THE ISLANDER. CUMBERLAND, B.C., SATURDAY. FEB. 14. 1914 Subscription price, $1.50 per year SOLVES WORLDWIDE PROBLEM United Mine Workers of America Reduce Elevated Cost of High Living Great credit is due the U. M. W. of A. for what they have accomplished, for they have accomplished something closely related to a miracle. They have done that which a great army of dreamers, Socialists and the like have for years been endeavouring to effect, but without any degree of success. Many old-timers of Cumberland Will remember the day when they found it very difficult, on account of the "high cost of living " to rub along on $75 or so per month. But this state of affairs is now ancient history, because of the advent of the U.M.W. of A., for did not these gentry, without wasting time or money, proceed to illustrate that every man, if lazy enough, could live on $4 per week, and a practical demonstration of this has been going on for more than sixteen months. Now if, before the advent of the U. M. W. of A., it required many times $4 per week for a man to live on, and since their advent men can and do live on H per week, does not this demonstrate that the U. M. W. of A. have, in effect at least, reduced or nearly eliminated that bugbear, "High Cost of Living." A week ago the U.M.W. of A. took it into their heads (that part of their anatomy having the greatest vancancy of any parts) to unseat Messrs. Carey and Mc Fadyen, two of our school trustees. Now in order to further reduce the high cost of living they decided to appoint a dozen or so of their members as junior solicitors, law clerks etc., together with a chief counsel. A special brand of procedure and court rules were concocted together with a formidable document, which will be referred to later on. A meeting of the exchequer de- department then convened to discuss the amount of funds which should be voted to carry on t…
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Cumberland (B.C.)
spatial: Cumberland
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0068545
language: English
lat: 49.6186111
long: -125.0325
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Cumberland, B.C. : Islander Printing and Publishing Co.
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text